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<h3><a name="inserttask_id_name_startdate_duration_percentcompleted_predecessortaskid_parenttaskid" id="inserttask_id_name_startdate_duration_percentcompleted_predecessortaskid_parenttaskid">insertTask(id,name,startDate,duration,percentCompleted,predecessorTaskId,parentTaskId)</a></h3>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> id - {int|string} id of new task</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> name - {string} name of new task</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> startDate - {Javascript Date} startDate of new task</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> duration - {int} duration of new task in hours</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> percentCompleted - {int} percent completed of new task, in range (0..100)</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> predecessorTaskId - {int|string} id of predecessor task. Predecessor and this task will be joined by dependency line in the Gantt Chart.</div>
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<li class="level1"><div class="li"> parentTaskId - {int|string} id of parent task. This task will be nested into parent task (kind of sub-project).</div>
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inserts new task with specified id, name, start date, duration, percent completed, predecessor task Id, parent task Id and returns it
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<pre class="code javascript">    <span class="kw2">var</span> task120 <span class="sy0">=</span> ganttChart.<span class="me1">insertTask</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">120</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">&quot;Development&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">2010</span><span class="sy0">,</span>0<span class="sy0">,</span><span class="nu0">29</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="nu0">80</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="nu0">5</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span><span class="st0">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>;
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    <span class="co1">// create new child task.</span>
    <span class="kw2">var</span> task121 <span class="sy0">=</span> ganttChart.<span class="me1">insertTask</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">121</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">&quot;Development: C#&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">2010</span><span class="sy0">,</span>0<span class="sy0">,</span><span class="nu0">29</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="nu0">16</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="nu0">23</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="nu0">120</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>;
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    <span class="co1">// create new dependent task.</span>
    <span class="kw2">var</span> task130 <span class="sy0">=</span> ganttChart.<span class="me1">insertTask</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">130</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">&quot;After development - testing&quot;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw2">new</span> Date<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="nu0">2010</span><span class="sy0">,</span><span class="nu0">1</span><span class="sy0">,</span><span class="nu0">9</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="nu0">24</span><span class="sy0">,</span> 0<span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="nu0">120</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="st0">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>;</pre>
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